MEET the fab fat fighting foursome who are starting the New Year with new bodies and new careers.

Despite the county being gripped by the credit crunch, this Hampshire quartet are proving it is not all doom and gloom for 2009.

Within months of joining Slimming World to fight the flab, Jill Webber, Anji Hinton, 47, Sarah Healey, 35 and Lucy Fisher, 34, are all set to become consultants for the company.

All four are launching their new Slimming World Groups in Highfield, Hamble, Thornhill and Southampton.